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Wine, cheese and Anderson Cooper - are all things that get better with age - however with the immortalization of our words on the internet have shown, some things are far from aging gracefully. The Facebook page Posts that did not age well is dedicated to reposting quotes, news, social media posts, and comments shared on the internet that, as we can see now, did not stand the test of time and might make you cringe.

Our list is filled with newspaper headlines whose future predictions went wrong, to companies that couldn't anticipate what tomorrow would hold. Scroll down below to check out the best selections from this page that will make you say, "man that post did not age well." And don't forget to upvote your favorite fake news!

While it's hard to predict the future, some people are exceptionally good at it. The so-called "super-forecasters" can predict the likelihood of future events with astonishing accuracy, often with no particular prior expertise. Historically, evidence suggests that they are mostly generalists who dabble in all sorts of fields. They're simply less beholden to their own biases. The same applies when reversed, people who have built up an impressive but narrowly-focused expertise are usually less-accurate with their future predictions because they're limited by their own worldviews more.

Surprisingly, this is also true with people who have dedicated their lives to one field of study when they're trying to guess where that field is going. And we have data on that, emerging after a 20-year experiment that began in 1984 at a meeting of a National Research Council committee on American-Soviet relations. At the time, the psychologist and political scientist Philip E. Tetlock was 30. After listening to other members discuss Soviet intentions and American policies, he was interested in the authoritative predictions delivered by renowned experts because many of them contradicted one another.

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Soon after, he decided to put expert political and economic predictions to the test. Tetlock collected forecasts from 284 well-educated experts who averaged more than 12 years of experience in their fields. Ensuring that the predictions were concrete, experts had to give specific probabilities of future events. Tetlock wanted to collect enough predictions that he could separate lucky and unlucky streaks from true skill. The project lasted 20 years and comprised of 82,361 probability estimates about the future.

The result: the experts were, by and large, terrible at predicting the future. Surprisingly, their areas of specialty, years of experience, and (for some) access to classified information made no difference either. They were bad at both short-term forecasting and at long-term forecasting. They were simply bad at this.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"Was this answer helpful?" Answer NO cause the truth would be more helpful thank you very much.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"Virtual unknowns"? That was just in the US. In Australia and the UK, respectively, both were bankable actors at this point in their careers.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I knew people who bulk stored food and water before that y2k new years eve. Haha.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Well she sure showed them. Lady Gaga is likely more famous and richer than all them bitches bullying her.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I can think of a few reasons someone might want a computer in their home

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is so sad... I lost a cousin I never even got to meet to this... I was named after her

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Emily Softley
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ouch. This one got me. Hopefully they're resting in peace, and their families have learned to cope with their loss.

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Val/Malibu/Dante/Bob
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's hard to come to terms with the loss... I still wish I'd met my name sake every day. But they are in a better place now

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Heartbreaking. (Jon Stewart's support for first responders is so inspiring.)

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Janine Randall
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It amazes me that there are full grown people running around that didn't live through this. It was one of those moments that is stained in to your memory.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I went up to the top in a fast elevator. We went on the roof when it was open. It was a great day. Years later, I am a teacher in a classroom watching this burn and collapse. One of my students looked at me and asked, “Did everyone in there just die?” I had to answer, yes.

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Louise Stange-Wahl
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Stunning...I also lost a friend..and she had her office on the floor above the escalators. Worked for NYPD.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Watched the FIREWORKS on top of one of the towers; 7/14 1998. My brother used to do HVAC there; he had wisdom teeth pulled the day this happened, and wasn't in the city; lives in Levvitown. God kept him for now..God Bless all who lost their lives, and the families of such.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This breaks my heart. That day is forever vivid in my memory. A friend lost her uncle there, & I worked near DC at the time. Every single radio & tv station covered it. And the shock & heartbreak watching people jump. So very, very sad

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Donna Walsh
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I Can Not Imagine how Bad it was for those Angels to jump Makes me sick just thinking about it

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Alex Craig
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Obviously we can't predict the future but this is really sad to think of in retrospect.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I remember running outside and seeing the smoke from my house. That whole thing was so surreal. That was the start of the new age of travel. It used to be enjoyable before that event.

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Katie Smith
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Probably one of those crazy people who think 9/11 was fake. This will probably get downvoted, so don't feel bad.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Good gawd. This is terrible!!! Perhaps a positive view is to think about the irony of this advertisement, that these ended up being stairway to heaven. Sorry, just trying to think positive.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I will never forget my visit to the world trade centre ♡

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Linda Roy
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Me too, in October of 1983...it was a clear day and the view was amazing

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Susan Gardner
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Beyond sad the lives that were lost :( I wonder what this was, an advertising brochure? Look at the fold in the paper

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Rebecca Cote
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This one is so sad, I was all having fun laughing and then this....

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Joan Rogers
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So spooky to see them like this. All I envision see are the planes crashing into them..First time I 've.seen the towers like this in a long time and as I 've said I can only see them engulfed by the flames. What a tragedy and waste.. 9

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

How ironica. In that tragedy my mom lost her best friend Monica. ( true )

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Val/Malibu/Dante/Bob
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

@ThatRandomMofo... how dare you. How dare you?! I was just reading all the support and then you come in and say that. I am crying now! That is so disgusting! Why?! Just because I never met her does NOT mean I do not love her and miss her every day

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Ellie Ragsdale
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yikes. You think it's so close to heaven before you end up there.

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Tess Gleason
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I remember this in a brochure when I went up to the top. Wow!

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Julieta S.
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This could be taken two ways, but I think it's VERY insensitive!

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Too soon... My friend... Too soon...

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4 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

When I was in mid. school and obsessed with video games, I was told "video games will give you no bread". Guess where I work now? And they give me both bread and brioche and even more! ♥

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Physicist Heinrich Hertz, upon proving the existence of radio waves, stated that “It’s of no use whatsoever.” When asked about the applications of his discovery: “Nothing, I guess.”

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

In their defense....WHO ON EARTH could have predicted the reality of MJ?! No one!

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After many unfortunate events brought a bad reputation to the name ISIS, the Immigrant Settlement & Integration Services (ISIS) has become the Immigration Services Association of Nova Scotia (ISANS)

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

To be fair, Isis is also the name of an Egyptian Goddess, so the radical Muslims didn't come up with the name

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

From the author of "Asteroid collided with earth: all dinosaurs accounted for"

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